Functional innovation through new genes as a general evolutionary process

S **a, J Chen, D Arsala, JJ Emerson, M Long - Nature genetics, 2025 - nature.com
In the past decade, our understanding of how new genes originate in diverse organisms has
advanced substantially, and more than a dozen molecular mechanisms for generating initial …

Conservation of symmetry breaking at the level of chromatin accessibility between fly species with unrelated anterior determinants

EE Amiri, A Tenger-Trolander, M Li, AT Julian, K Kasan… - bioRxiv, 2025 - biorxiv.org
Establishing the anterior-posterior body axis is a fundamental process during
embryogenesis, and the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, provides one of the best-known …

Bookending the Germ Cell to Maternal Transition: Dynamics of Gene Regulation in Drosophila Oogenesis

K Sarkar - 2023 - search.proquest.com
Throughout the process of oogenesis, spanning from flies to humans, germ cells undergo a
remarkable transformation, transitioning from a mitotic to a meiotic cell cycle. This intricate …